~ Carrot Top ~ NEW Cross Stitch Pattern

 

 

 

 

Good Morning Friends & Folk!

~ and a very happy COLD Wednesday to us all...

 

I've just listed a brand new, 1st of the New Year cross stitch pattern for you

in my Etsy shop

 

"Carrot Top"

 

another one of my smaller, quick-to-stitch cuties ~

stitched on Osnaburg using one strand of floss over two threads of cloth...

 ....look at his sweet little face!

 

I finished the project into another sawdust-stuffed pillow,
and stitched an additional tiny carrot, just in case he gets hungry.

🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕

 Have you still not tried cross stitching on Osnaburg??

available in most every fabric shop, or big box store like Walmart & Hobby Lobby ~
it comes in 'natural' & 'bleached', but I prefer the naturaul and I stain/dye mine with a walnut dye, tea & coffee mixture...I also toss in some ground cloves and cinnamon too ❤

it is much easier than you think, if you stitch on linen, then you're already good at it!
I prefer use a good hoop to hold the fabric taught...

as you might tell,
I am a right-to-left, full cross cross stitcher!
meaning,

I begin my work in the lower right corner and stitch right to left,
completing each cross as I go...

surface stitching is FUN & fast!

I also love using Ball-Tipped cross stitch needles when I cross stitch.

I get mine directly from Sullivans.com ~ 

...now you may love or hate these needles, 

but for me personally, they are a game-changer.
they don't splice fabric or floss threads, and the ball tip is so small
that it truly does glide through the open weave of my cloth...
{{ plus, they can't stab you . lol. }}

kindly forgive my farmwife hands & nails)

ok! well, that's it for  today...

I have to get back to stitching!

{{{ I'm working on a seasonal series of four small,
cohesive cross stitch patterns that I hope you will love as much as I do! }}}

and sneak peeks of the first one in the series will be shared with you soon

on Instagram & FB

Visit my Etsy Shop to get your Carrot Top today!
click on the Etsy thumbnails above, under my header to take you there or copy/paste:
https://notforgottenfarm.etsy.com

 

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori